Oregon Science Standards

Oregon Science Standards (adopted February 2009)

The 2009 Science standards are divided into four core standards:

• Structure and Function
• Interaction and Change
• Scientific Inquiry
• Engineering Design

For each grade, each of these core standards has up to four different content standards that the students are expected to learn in that grade.

• Check out pp. 3-8 for the K-5 standards.
• Page 19 has the Physical Science Content Standards arranged from Kindergarten through high school.
• Page 23 has the Scientific Inquiry Standards arranged from Kindergarten through high school

Science: Teaching and Learning to Standards (pdf), the Oregon Department of Education's more thorough guide to how to address the science standards.

• also has information on work samples as assessment for scientific inquiry (pp. 63-101).
  • for specific info on Benchmark 2 (grades 4-5) requirements, see p. 64.
  • for the scoring guide for Benchmark 2, see pp. 66-67.
  • for FAQ's on work samples, see pp. 94-100.
  
  

Next Generation Science Standards